No on-site early learning and childcare provision

As mentioned, staff at a relatively small proportion (20%) of
the bodies,
NHS sites and
colleges/universities contacted had access to any on-site
ELC
provision.

Initial contact indicated that the main reasons for bodies not
offering on-site
ELC or
having a relationship with local
ELC
providers included:

They were instead offering access to a childcare voucher
scheme.

Lack of physical space.

A perceived lack of demand.

Financial reasons.

An in-depth telephone interview was conducted with two of the
bodies (one college and one public sector body) that do not offer
on-site
ELC.

Of these two organisations not offering on-site
ELC or
having a relationship with local
ELC
providers, the key reason given was the lack of space for a nursery
and / or that the geographic dispersion of staff means that there
is no one suitable location where a nursery could be accessed by
staff.

Some of the bodies that do not offer any
ELC
provision do provide lists of local nurseries to staff to help
identify
ELC
provision. However, none had set up any links with specific
ELC
providers and none claimed they would be likely to.

How to access background or source data

The data collected for this social research publication:

☐ are available in more detail through Scottish
Neighbourhood Statistics

☐ are available via an alternative route

☒ may be made available on request, subject to
consideration of legal and ethical factors.

☐ cannot be made available by Scottish Government for
further analysis as Scottish Government is not the data
controller.